Concerto for harpsichord, 2 flutes ad lib, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets, horn, strings & continuo in D major, H. 433, Wq. 27
Sonatina, double concerto for 2 keyboards, 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings & continuo in B flat major, H. 459, Wq. 110
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor, H. 424, Wq. 21
The keyboard concertos of C.P.E. Bach, now the subject of an ongoing series on Sweden's BIS label, are as adventurous and sometimes as frustrating as other works in his huge output. Consider the three keyboard concertos on this elegantly recorded disc. The opening Concerto in D major for harpsichord, two horns, two flutes, and strings dwarfs the solo harpsichord, with the horns generally in action with big, spread-out lines. It almost seems like an anti-concerto, with the soloist providing interludes rather than being the ...
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The keyboard concertos of C.P.E. Bach, now the subject of an ongoing series on Sweden's BIS label, are as adventurous and sometimes as frustrating as other works in his huge output. Consider the three keyboard concertos on this elegantly recorded disc. The opening Concerto in D major for harpsichord, two horns, two flutes, and strings dwarfs the solo harpsichord, with the horns generally in action with big, spread-out lines. It almost seems like an anti-concerto, with the soloist providing interludes rather than being the center of attention -- and the concerto apparently at one time had trumpet parts that have been lost. Most intriguing is the Sonatina in B flat major, Wq 110, which, like the other concertos on the disc, was reworked several times by the composer and required some interpretive decisions on the performers' part as to what forces to use. It may have been a two-harpsichord concerto, but several editions apparently specified an optional early piano for one of the parts. A major attraction...
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